Monthly Meeting of Writer’s Guild of Texas Focuses on “Three Essentials of the Screenwriting Trade.”

The Writers’ Guild of Texas Monthly Meeting
Topic: Three Essentials of the Screenwriting Trade
Speaker: Jeffrey Turner

Richardson Public Library
900 Civic Center Drive
Richardson, Texas
Monday May 19, 2008
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

This is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support and sharing among writers, to help members improve and market their writing skills and to promote the interests of writers and the writing community. All meetings are open to the public.

Speaker Details:
Although originally a science fiction and fantasy novelist, Jeffrey Turner now devotes most of his time to screenwriting. In 2002, he was a finalist in the Hollywood Symposium screenwriting competition, and since has optioned seven screenplays to independent film companies. His short screenplay, “Penance,” was produced by Eminent Works and has shown at film festivals around the country; and his work on the biopic “Pushing Life” resulted in an inspirational biography collaboration with the film’s subject, Terry Hitchcock. Jeff lives in Fort Worth with his wife and two daughters.

Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WritersGuildofTexas/